Prasanna H.

Master's Candidate

Kaiserslautern, Germany

Experience

Apr 2024 - Nov 2024
8 months
Germany

Master's Candidate

Robotics Research Lab, TU Kaiserslautern

  • Benchmarked datasets, collected real-world off-road data (~9000 images) and generated simulation datasets using Unreal Engine.
  • Developed Gen-AI image segmentation in Unreal Engine, reducing time from 1-2 days to 5-10 minutes.
  • Built Generative AI data enhancement pipeline. Achieved an improvement in synthetic data by +49% mIoU.
  • Tech: Python, PyTorch, C++, Git, LangChain, Gen-AI, Linux, W&B, OpenCV, Labelme.
Jan 2024 - Jul 2024
7 months
Ulm, Germany

Data Scientist Working Student

Bosch Rexroth

  • Designed pilot backend ETL architecture with Azure (Cosmos DB, Blob Storage, Functions triggers) by combining and cleaning big data from different sources.
  • Built frontend data analysis & visualization tools (PoC) with FastAPI, Python, Streamlit for semi-structured data.
  • Leveraged Azure Functions to automate data pipeline, resulting in 25% reduction in time over manual data pipeline.
  • Developed FastAPI endpoints for cloud data retrieval & storage and delivered production-ready code with Git and CI/CD.
  • Developed Power BI dashboards to collaborate across teams to offer better product decisions and services.
  • Tech: Python (Pandas, matplotlib), Azure (Cosmos DB, Blob, Functions), FastAPI, SQL/NoSQL, Agile, Kanban.
Jun 2023 - Nov 2023
6 months
Homburg, Germany

Intern Data Scientist

Bosch Rexroth

  • Cleaned, manipulated, and extracted features from production data for data analysis, visualization and supervised machine learning.
  • Collected quality data and performed statistical analysis using Q-DAS qs-STAT to evaluate & enhance model performance.
  • Predicted production part quality with machine learning, enabling real-time defect detection and eliminating 1–2-day delays from manual inspections.
  • Automated Power BI dashboards, enabling real-time KPI monitoring and anomaly detection, reducing issue response time by 20%.
  • Tech: Python (Pandas, NumPy, matplotlib), scikit-learn, MLflow, Power BI, Q-DAS.
Jul 2018 - Aug 2021
3 years 2 months
India

Design Engineer

Actalent Engineering & Sciences Services

  • Developed CAD parts & technical drawings with 98% first-time-right rate.
  • Managed BOMs & PLM data in SAP and Siemens Teamcenter. Created technical documentation.
  • Conducted risk analysis (FMEA) & automated part generation using Python NX journaling.
  • Collaborated with stakeholders and suppliers to address critical design issues.

Chat With Jarvis

  • Developed a custom LLM chatbot with RAG, supporting PDFs, DOCX and images; features were not available in popular LLMs at the time of project.
  • Achieved over 95% monthly cost savings compared to Chat-GPT Plus.
  • Tech: Python, LangChain, prompting, OpenAI API, Docker, Chroma.

Learning German with News

  • Developed an LLM-based German learning app that delivers the latest news, translates it, and explains vocabulary & grammar, making language learning engaging and practical.
  • Designed and implemented scalable AWS infrastructure using EC2 launch templates, IAM roles, ECR, Application Load Balancer, Auto Scaling Groups and CloudWatch to reliably deploy and manage the app.
  • Tech: NLP, prompt engineering, Python, AWS (EC2, IAM, ECR, ECS, ALB, ASG).

Formula 1 Data Lakehouse Project

  • Built ETL pipelines using PySpark and Spark SQL for raw data (CSV/JSON) ingestion & transformation, reducing manual processing time by 30%.
  • Implemented lakehouse architecture with Delta Lake, supporting both incremental and full refresh ETL patterns.
  • Tech: PySpark, Spark SQL, Delta Lake, Azure Data Lake Storage, Azure Data Factory, Databricks.

LLM Fine-tuning Language Translation

  • Fine-tuned LLMs using LoRA and qLoRA techniques; created synthetic translation datasets for model training and evaluated model performance across multiple scenarios and metrics.
  • Tech: NLP, prompt engineering, Huggingface Transformers, PEFT, TRL.

Wine Quality Prediction MLOps

  • Worked on an end-to-end MLOps project using XGBoost, Optuna tuning and MLflow for experiment tuning & tracking.
  • Containerized FastAPI backend and Streamlit UI with Docker; deployed on AWS ECS via CI/CD GitHub Actions, utilizing AWS S3 for storage and ALB for high availability.
  • Tech: Python, XGBoost, Optuna, MLflow, FastAPI, Streamlit, Docker, AWS (ECS, S3, ALB), GitHub Actions.

Summary

A highly Analytical, curious & motivated Data Scientist with experience in ML, DL, and Generative AI. Proven experience in building data analysis tools, fine-tuning LLMs and LLM based application development. Experienced in API development, ETL, ELT, data visualization and cloud deployment (Azure, AWS). Strong mechanical engineering background with proven ability to apply data-driven solutions and statistical analysis to real-world challenges.

Languages

English
Advanced
Hindi
Advanced
Kannada
Advanced
German
Intermediate

Education

Oct 2021 - Nov 2024

TU Kaiserslautern

Master of Science, Commercial vehicle technology (Computer Science focused) · Commercial vehicle technology (Computer Science focused) · Kaiserslautern, Germany · 1.6

Aug 2014 - Jun 2018

NIE

Bachelor of Engineering, Mechanical Engineering · Mechanical Engineering · Mysuru, India · 1.51

Certifications & licenses

AWS Cloud Practitioner (CLF-C02)

Deep Learning Specialization

DeepLearning.AI

IBM Data Science Professional Certificate

IBM

Machine Learning Specialization

DeepLearning.AI

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